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How to give up your driving licence - age, medical condition, standards of fitness, declaration of voluntary surrender
FCDO travel advice for Ecuador. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Find out how to account for VAT and who to contact if you're an insolvency practitioner and you're appointed over insolvent VAT-registered businesses.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Germany and what conditions are like in prison there.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Turkey and what conditions are like in prison there.
The UK has imposed sanctions on Ugandan politicians charged with corruption
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
How the British embassy or consulate can help, including contacting family, UK prison transfers, money transfers and complaining about mistreatment.
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
Blogs where government organisations talk about their work and share information and ideas.
How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.
How to register your medical devices with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
A domain name is an important asset and is not protected by default. Follow these recommendations to keep your domain secure.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
Portland is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, for men aged 18 and over.
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